# 692459.pl use strict; use warnings; { local *HANDLE; open(HANDLE,">outfile.txt"); print HANDLE "...."; } __END__ #### # 692459.t use strict; use warnings; use Test::More tests => 4; my $f = q{outfile.txt}; require_ok(q{692459.pl}); ok(-f $f, q{file exists}); ok(-s $f, q{file's size is non-zero}); cmp_ok(unlink($f), q{==}, 1, q{Delete 1 file}); __END__ #### C:\src\perl\perlmonks\692459>prove 692459.t 692459....ok All tests successful. Files=1, Tests=4, 0 wallclock secs ( 0.00 cusr + 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU) C:\src\perl\perlmonks\692459>perl -v This is perl, v5.8.8 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread